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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch (fuelarc.com)

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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I know math, so let's do some of that:

The braking distance of a typical sedan at 70mph is 210 feet. Add another 70 feet for a reaction time and you're talking about an entire football field of following distance. And that's assuming you drive a sedan.

There's simply no way you can maintain that in a dense urban environment. Other drivers will cut in front of you like a waterfall. It's nothing to do with what kind of person you are.

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

Are you seriously driving at speeds of 70 mph in dense urban environments....?

Because, speaking as someone who has lived in many dense urban environments, that's insane.

The only time you should reach those speeds is on the freeway, in which case, there's no reason not to maintain safe distances, when at those speeds.